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| [[File:1st Navy Jack.JPG|125px]] ||The second jack used by Commodore Hopkins placed a rattlesnake over the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME"; engravings of Hopkins during this period show he did fly such a flag. The ''First Navy Jack'' is still in use today, flown on the bows of all U.S. warships.
| [[File:1st Navy Jack.JPG|125px]] ||The second jack used by Commodore Hopkins placed a rattlesnake over the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME"; engravings of Hopkins during this period show he did fly such a flag. The ''First Navy Jack'' is still in use today, flown on the bows of all U.S. warships.
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| [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] ||The flag chosen by Commodoore Hopkins as his personal standard was designed by Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina, and presented to the Contnental Congress in 1776. Hopkins flew this flag during the first amphibious invasion conducted by the American Navy in the [[Bahama Islands]].
| [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] ||The flag chosen by Commodore Hopkins as his personal standard was designed by Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina, and presented to the Continental Congress in 1776. Hopkins flew this flag during the first amphibious invasion conducted by the American Navy in the [[Bahamas]].
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| [[File:Grand Union Flag.png|125px]] ||Considered the first flag of the United States, the ''Grand Union Flag'' was in use from late 1775 until mid 1777.
| [[File:Grand Union Flag.png|125px]] ||Considered the first flag of the United States, the ''Grand Union Flag'' was in use from late 1775 until mid 1777.